Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-02

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ooe ~, December ~, l7s3 She 10 Of
lessoat end the daughter Of Peter
4lroheeino Sheaffee.
neher. Peesr Sheaffer, was born Feb
e & 176L IN Whist was then Philadelphia
- afterwards included In Montgomery |
" but with his parents moved 10 Ma.
oongA h echuylkill county, where his
1He Was killed By the lndians, and his
- eaptared by them. Peter came to the
- Wlla and solitary village OF Elizaoetf.
@WA n 1766 where he resided until lis
sk WhiCh occurred May 8, 1sis. He
- three tsrms In the Revolutionary war
nnoe General Washington, and was ono Ct
= nnrtjcipents In the battle of Brandywine. |
~ q The ego Of 81 years, 8 months, 6 days
, possed 10 his rest, II was - . highly re-
Sooeed and lamented citizen. The funeral
0Evtpss On May 10th, were very solemn and
mpeossive, and attended with military |
IonosA The Jackson infantry, Of Msytown,
,mpaain Roath the Swatara infantry, Of Mid
lbeloWn, Captain Rewalt and the Elizabeth.
pWn band were In attendance aud doing |
MEMOIRS. A long procession Of relatives and
hiends wound through the several streets Of |
~ borough TO the Lutheran cemetery,
Whsre the interment was made. Col A.
0reeuawalt served - chief marshal; A.
Wads and Samuel Harmony % assistant
snasahala.
EARLY EDUCATION.
MIRA Boggs received her education, which
Nss q good - the country then afforded, at
EllEAbeshtown and Lititz Her earliest re.
collections Of school.life date from an old
school house made upon the plan OF the
school house Of primitive days In this coun-
~, and was located In . church yard some
% yards distant perhaps, from the old church
IN which congregation OF Presbyterian de.
nomination gathered from time to time to
worship There was also grave yard full
Of graves" - the old lady quantity expressed
u, upon the same inclosure. One circum.
stance ct this time seems to have expressed
her young mind, and which che remem-
bars now with the deepest sympathy. 1t is
that OF little orphan boy, who came to
school with uncombed hair. The master
roprimanded him time and again for his un.
tidy appearance, and threatened 10 whip
him. Tho little fellow became 90 timid and
1fightened at the master for his continued
reproof that he cried every time he had to 60
mp 10 say his lesson. The sad truth at last
became known ;'the fatherless and mother
Len boy had no one to pity and care for him,
and had not even a comb to comb his head.
AZ she grew up to young womanhood she
participated In many of the youthful pleas.
ures OF that time, such Is woo-pickings,
oorn-huakings, etc. although her father was
moro Of . believer in church duties than in
young people attending parties She remem.
bers attending . corn-husking not far from
her own home, at George Redsecker's when
she YVES about Is years old. They were not
allowed to stay after the corn was husked.
Tho young people worked busily for some
time and then some more tent on fun and
irolic than work left part Of the company to
work while they indulged their buoyant
spirits. This they did for some time I; then
camo to the rescue of the rest and took theiI
turn at the work, while the others enjoyed
their freedom in the mirthful games of tha
sge, and tt!ss According TO contract wher
Tie as6fh was finished they were ready to z,
x nome
UNITED WITH THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
At the age Of lG years she united with tn,
Lutheran church, the N. Il. church then no
being known, and has ever since been q de.
vout member OF some church. At presenl
and for oyer quarter of o century she has
bsen Q member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and truly pious old lady waiting
her Lords commands and
"Holding fast the word OF promise
Till the dayspring lights the sky"
that at His coming, she shall see him and
know - she Is known.
She was married to Alexander Boggs, Feb.
Is, 1903, by q justice OF the peace, whose
namo she can not now recall Mr.. Boggs
was of English and Welsh decent his father
being from England, and his mother from
Walea In leaving their native shores they
embarked on the same foreign bound vessel,
and each being attracted 10 the other by that
nsmeless sympathy that precedes true love
became acquainted, that acquaintance ending
In Oourtship and marriage. Their son Alex
ander was born in Chester county, Peunsyl-
vania. After his marriage with the subject OF
this sketch, they made their home for several
years at Elizabethtown, removing from there
o Mount Joy. Mr.. Boggs for many years
was stage driver between Harrisburg and
Pittsburg and also for many years drove 6
team from Pittsburg to Philadelphia.
They moved to Indiana in September lsit
and settled near Dublin, Wayne county, re
naming there about two years Mr.. Boggt
died OF cholera at Hagerstown, Wayne
county, In the year 1855 and was buried in
the Lutheran cemetery at East Germantown,
same county. At his death his widow came
to Milton, Wayne county, TO reside with her
son, AS. Boggs, who moved from Indiana to
Coles county, Illinois, in 1856 where they
resided till March 1865, when they moved 10
Bement, Piatt county, Ill.
HER ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
At that place on December ~, 1883, the
citizens celebrated her one hundredth birth
day by large gathering OF the relatives and
friends OF the aged lady. The house was moi
large enough TO hold the people and the M.
4. church was open for the occasion. The
day was stormy one, snow falling through
out the day, but the church was crowded by
those wishing to tender greeting to the cen.
tenarian. An address, appropriate to the oc
casion. was delivered by Rev. Goldsmith,
pastor OF the Methodist church also letter
read from . former pastor, Rev. j. A. Krum.
Yer the remainder of the time being spent
m spseches, singing, and congratulations.
Although day was such stormy one the
old lady stood her trip to and from the
church remarkably we'll
In the summer Of 1854 Mrs. BoRps ,,ama =
Milton, Wayne county, Indiana. where sb % .
now resides with her daughter, Mrn Anna
Rothermel. She has reasonable hssith .na .
good sppetita She In small OF utatu,a .nS
hse brow II forrowed with many win \ Iss y,
care and time; but for one who has rs.chss
l0SX years. she u we'll preserved vo,osr
Although her memory fails her yerv oi,sr
~ abe sill talks OF events over half a can,
6uFy gone By. She has seen many and Won
deTful Improvements In the country in which
che hes lived, and can verify the statement